C 7! D n The Expedition to Cuba—Gen. Quitman in Com mand. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer. WAsamorozw, May 12.- V l rom reliable authority, I learn that four vessela full of armed men have actualik cleared from New Orleans—their destination Cuba; and that General Quitman is the Commander -in -Chief of the force--; General Lopez being second in command. Of course this force id wholly inadequate to make by itself, any serious demonstration upon Cnba, but General Lopez, when in this city some , weeks ago, expressed the utmost confidence that. nut only the creole population would immediately rise and join the "Patriots," but that four-fifths of the army would declare in favor of the movement.. • I am acquainted with several gentlemen from this city, tvlio, it is said; hate sailed with the expedition. Whether they have or have not, one thing is certain, that they were connected with the Rodiut Island af fair, and have left here for the South within a few Weeks. he expedition has' been conducted wit.t the griatest secrecy. Nearly -all the leading men of the South are more or leek privy to it, and hare ided it pecuniarly. The great olipct of the South is to try and haviCuha ready to enter the Union at the same time California does, and thus keep up the "balance of power." Efforts were made, when the ex pPtii!ion was first thought of, to try and procure the services of Sena tor Jefferson Davis. of Aliiisissippi, as Commander in-Chief, Mr. Davis is a graduate of Nest Puoti, and is a highly scientific military man. lie, how ever, positively refused, Gen. Worth was then. applied to, and the agreement concluded—not hre'- ken off for want of funds, as has been stated. Gen- Worth's' death, of cotir<4., upset the arrangetneet.— When Gen. Worth died, General Quitman was so licited to . take the command, and l understaril be *las done so; and sailed with the expedition. lie is u brave man, but has no knowledgeuf military sci ence. Their Proposed Pointa of Landing on the Island of Cuba! - From the N. V. }lull of SaturtlaY :Before the departure of the expedition, a consol-' tattoo of the officerff, was held to settle / upon the particular point of the Island where the lauding should be attempted. :• Considerable dismission took place, resniting in the selection of the I,le of Pines, and the rtlrt of Barnett, as the two most favorable points for disem .baracat ion. The final - decisit was left with the Commander in -Chief; who, it was understood, would give the positive direction When the vessels all met at .their rendezvoas, clear from the United Sillies. The advantages and disadvantages of an attempt on the isle tvete thmoug,hly canvassed. The Isle of Pines is a small island at the ‘Vestern end of Cuba, Southern side. To reach it the ves sels of the Patriots would have to rim throngh the narrow gases between Cuba and Yucatan, where it was reported, the Spanish Government kept a con stant 10011 out for them. The distance at this point between the two Coasts is only' 40 rails. . The Island of Pines is celebrated for its quaries of beautiful marble. Here the Spanish government have a prefidio, or state prison, tvbeie they. send criminals. Here, too, they keep a garrison of .500 troops. The Patriots calculated that the taking of this Island would be an easy la, k, and were confiJent that both the small colony on this island, and the garrison, would jlin their standard. At any rate. they would disarm the garrison and set them free upon parole. From Pines the entrance upon the main land would be very easy, and a small victory, at the fOr mer point, greatly aid their cause. Baracoa, time other plat selected for Inediv, is a small at the eastern estretne or Cuba. The object of landing here would be to make an easy cosarpwst of the city of St. Jags de Cuba, the eal.ital of the Is land: The city lies at the head of a deep bap, and is de fended only by a fortress, situated at the entrance to the harbor. These fortresses are some miles from t he city.— , sometchat like our Fort Hamilton. The - design of the Patriots t'as to land at Baracaa, and then to march over to tit. Jago, entering it • in rear of the fortresses, and entirely beyond their reach. flat ing secured St Jago, all the neig Ithurin,fs towns would be theirs. As to the splendid armies which the 'Spaniards talk so much about, they a 1 con i t in wor t 's. The Spanish force in Cuba is not far front 20,000. Of these, at le4t 8,000 or 10,000 CI ill kept at Havana at all hazards; large forces h ill also be kept at Ma n tatczas, Principe, - Trinidad and St. Jngo. It will be impossible for more ihf n 2,000 r :1,000 Spanish troops to concentrate safely at any, point frum their fortresses, fur if they abandon their foctil - id .places, or leave weak garri.uns in them, parties i% ill he ready to sieze them'. Any one who reflects fr,r 3 moment will It cow that n thousand Amer:cans are more than a match fur any five thousand Spaniards, %eteraus or not. The Cuban Patriots only require good bayonets. They want no powder. The Spar lards it is 'true, have the advantage of artillery: but tl cir a Hie:l'lton •can never withstand a Yankee bayonet charge. The Spaniards would scan have their carindra against them. -Few, if any soldiers, can be spread from the Span ish ships, whose presence on the coast will only he useful in carryino. off Spanish refuges from the Is land. Before a blow is struck, if possible, a procli • motion will he made, wing forth the nature and ob jects of the revoluton, mai a door opened to all Cas tilians, military or other, oho prefer freedom and prosperity to hostage and degrcdation, to join the republican ranks. CLAY ' S OP/SION OF .TAYLOR'S GL'NERA The following paragraph appears in a recent It tt r ache Wabhington correspondent of the Teonsylva hion: "It is being whispered nW ong the Taylor men, just now, that the Presiden -wears vengeance against Clay, because the latter, recently, at a din tier party, indulged in a free and bitter and sorrow ful criticism upon the generalship displayed at the battle of Buena Vista, whore the gallant Col. Clay fell. You will recollect a famous Taylor man was boring the bereaved father with a fulsome eulogy upon the skill displayed by Taylor on that o,we ion , when Mr. Clay took him up "short," saying that the victory was the result merely of a lucky chance ...that no 'Generalship' was displayed by Taylor on that occasion, either before, in, or l ittler the fight, and directly charging upon Taylor the loss of the many valuable American lives sacrificed on that oc casion. His cheeks were suffused with tears, and be raised hiswoice to so high a note in his excite ment, as to attract the attention of all present. He (Mr. Clay) claimed to have made the subject a pro found study, and, therefore, took the liberty of pro nouncing, emphatically, that General Taylor doses ved anything but praise for his 'Generalship.' as 'Then and there displayed. The excerpt from the gossip of Washington is true beyond question." A Wino MAK Tai:Eo.--The WadiKT c tons of 1840 are pretty much used up, hut it will be remem bered that the coon W S not the only animal honor. ed with whig fellowship in that memorable campaign 13naTing turtles, bears, and screach ou alt had a part o aq, and it will be remembered what a con spicuous part 'one foils IV. 131;ta, the Buckeye Blacksmith, did act. Eere is i the sequel to this gold spoon whig orator; "The Potts Ville Emporium of Yester lay, states that J. W. Bann; the celebrated "Buckeye Black smith," who, fur some time had resided iu that place as a daguerrott'pist, was arrested on last' Saturday at Schuylkill haven, and taken to Pottsville, char ged with ihe suction of a young girl of sixteen years of age. The ev:dence was conclusive, and he was held to bail in the sum of &AO, to answer the charges of robbery and seduction." Tas CUBAN ExcuesTiox.—...The New York Sun protases to have later news from Hoene, in which it says that "the Cuban people ar in high hope, considering the time most propitions for the landing of the expedition from the United Staten, They are burning with anxiety tp know if Gen. Lopez is acting punctually to his engagements. They are now determined to strike the blow, whether he fail. or,xucceeds.". 0:7" A writer in the Memphis Enquiror accounts, for the late shower of fish and blood in North Caro lina, by supposing it to have been earron disgorged by a large flock of in , Itv blizzards tl.iring their gyrations in the air. Mit a !mat v Connubial Incidents of the Mexican War. The editor of the Lowell Courier, who served in- Mexico with credit both tolds3pen, relates some ane& dote of a (threach of the treaty in Alex7co, matrimo nirily considered." lie says the officers of our thlugh'they well understood the bullets and valor of the Mexican men, did not defend themsel ves so effectually against the bright eyes and seduc tive forms of the Mexican, women. Same of them were married to Mexican girls, and some others, it appears, ought to havo been. Sume of the Mexican ladies followed their false lovers to Vera Crnz, ex pecting to be taken to the United States, and others have pursued even a teLess' the Gulf the men who never retreated in War, but who faithlessly deserted their colors in love. The Courier says, we have recently heard of two very interesting instances of this character. The one' was that of daughter a I merchant, who followed her American lover—an of ficer in the army—to his home in the Smith—and finding, that he was on duty in California, she seta la relative after him to that distant region, with a `complaint that he had been guilty of a breach of promis..l The officer, finding no;other way of es cape, was compelled to settle the affair by the pay ment o f se v era l thousand dollars—which he could well afford to dr. , The other instance was that of friend in New Dial who htine attached after a fashion, to a Spanish girl in the city of Me'xico.— Since his return, a ,Mexican gentleman has unexpec tedly paid him ri visit for the purpose of having a Metter understanding or settlement of the matter.— Our friend—having some time since thrown away his character as an officer in the artuy—liad gone to Californin—rand the Mexican plenipotentiro, upon' learning the fact, started tent pursnit of him by the very next steamer. It chanced, however, that our military friend wasialready on his return home, and pass.ed his pursuer ee his route. As he harens to have a u ife in New If+tgland , anti:n9 the S. an.sh lady has a 1111FbUllti I,ll' Mexico, we c a n hardly thi n k the case is tine, that,- s will render it neccessary for the Presiden,co2o.W.lfo republics to interfere in the matterj4me. ?fone shall make a re quisition itlion'.7trie:* 0* :5 2 ?,,,-the fugitive from matri mony. The tiatinriri 'treaty is likely tq stand, net t% itlistanding such an apparent individual breach of the matrimond conirict. Rome. Swcvnt.rin Ferdinand, or Naples, with the royal view of . replenishing" his exhausted exchequer, issued a proclamation declaring Messina a free port. Those who were simple enough to be lieve the word of a king, entered the port and stored their commodities; but when they attempted to sell or export them, - they were yolitely informed that his august majesty had changed his royal mind, and would tax every cent's worth of foreign produce in the port. The merchants remonstrated hut in vain; they even asked permission to n ithdraw their goods and depart as tiny had entered, but this was also denied. Ilis majesty would not allow any thing that had entered lies-ina, agreeably to his proclamation, to be either withdrawn on sold, without first paying an enormous duty of over 100 per cent. on its value. Among those who haveleen entrapped arid swind led, are several mereluints of this city, some of whom have paid their duties under protest. We under stand that they have represented their case to our government, and claim its protection against the outrageous proceedings of this royal robber.—St- o:7'The Echlyville (Ky.) TelegraplVof the 27th contains the following: A strange and unexplained appearance hai re cently attached attention to a field, covering the tract of land known as the "Bend" on the Cumber land River, below and adjoining May v ille. It u p. pears that the recent freshet which overflowed the Bend caused to be considerably washed, and exposed a substratum which is strewed in considerablequan titles with rifle and musket balls. No one at this place, nr oho perhaps may now be livihg can give any account how the plietionieuon has happened.— Many of the bullets are much crushed, looking as though they had been shot out of guns. But what deed of blood and daring may have occurred noon the Bend is now unknown - , and must forever re main boiled in the mysteriesof the past deeds ;, - f men. . In ,IPVANCR OF ALL WS COMITTITOIL-i.--.A letter from Holt coonv, Missouri, of the 20th ultimo, says: Fhe emigrants are rolling on be liondredi toward Calif mi., from every quarter r,f the world, each striving to he foremost in the race. All modes,. of travelling are adopted. Yesterday we saw a sturdy Scotcliman pushing n hundred pounds of baggage ahead on something , utile!' had the appearance of n wheel.harrowand, indeed, he passed up the Lilt with rapid strides, far out-stripping the ex and mule team.. It was, perhaps, two o'clock when he passed here, and lie said he had left St. Joseph that morn ing, a distance of full 20 miles, and.two days drive for the teams, in the present slate of the roads. CnottotA.—From the official vote, as published in the Recorder, for Delegates ht this Nashville Convention, it appears that a fracti m over half the comities held an election, and that 3,723 votes were polk;d, which is less than , one twenty filth of the votes of thelState. This is less than we had ever calculated, for we had supposed that the faction would poll 5,000 rotes, bit it trenti greatly over-estimated their strength in the State. The people, the reflectin4 corpervative vo ters of Georgia, have thus taught the demagogues and political tricksters a lesson which will not soon be erased from their memory.—.lnguela Chrouide. DESTqUCT/VR Pint; AT CmcAoo.--On Sunday last, between nine and ten- o'clock, A. 1.1, a tire broke out in the barn of flue. Railroad Hotel, which communicated to the Northern Hotel—the hardware store of florae, Lamb, and the dry goods am! gro cery skim! of Philo C. Sholtion—all of which were consumed. The loss will not fall far short of 810,- 000. Tim tire is supposed to be the work of ar. in ceddia EXTRAORDINARY , rt i. n m—Th e Baton Rouge Gazette says: "A merchant in this town. on Mon day last, refused to sell powder to the NVa , thington Guards to fire a salute, because, forsooth,,•he could not sell powder to be wasted!' ". They are a very economical people nt 'Baton Rongcr We remember tr inve heard of a candidate for Pres ident (1 . the United states, residing in that place, oho would not pay the postarre on a letter infnrrn % hug him of his nomination. The po.vder of the PhilA ;1[1(.1i/ilia convention may not have been eicactly wasted, but its shot has turned out to be a bad one for the people.—Xashville Union. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce says it is not generally known that the Haft of Justice i 6 Center street, N. V., stands on the spot where the first steamboat was put in operation, but such is the fact. There was once a pool, about 800 . feet across, and eery deep, where Centre street and Harlem railroad n,w puss, between Anthony and Franhlin sts.— John Fitch here tried the first steamboat with side wheels, and thedirst screw propeller, in the "year 1803. 07' The Notional frociligencer thus th 03. ibes the present condition find prospects of its putty: It is tunbah'e that while the party remains divided some for Paul, some roil Ape:los and route fi.r Ce plots, and so many each for himself, complaint, de. feat, and disgrace will follow. It i 3 not strange that the leaders are kalutts and Ott Md.; of the cabine:: for seeing the latter helping themselves to 6100,000 "at a lick" from Uncle Sam's monry, drawer, it is veru natural that they Ahot,ld want a chanC"e to "go and do likewiee."—Xete Hampshire Patriot. The Alta California of Alarch 16th containr the latest California fashions. They ure remarkably varied. The Indies !Neu rWs boots, "and bona fide pantaloons may be seen," says• the Alta Califor nia, "peeping out from.beaeath flowing skirts."— We are afraid than Mrs.ilisaruliam has been preach ing up the "equal rights of woman" at San Fran• else°. SAD MID FATAL CASUALITY. , --AL Eagleville, in in this County, on Saturday last, the wife of N. W. Heath, was instantaneously killed by the accidental discargnof a Rifle, which Mr..lfeath had just Waded and which he was - in the act of carrying into anoth er room. This deplorable accident leaves. Mr. Math in a state of mind winch R is not easy to de seri bee—Aelt Telegraph 07"1. :T is said that Gqnerni Tayloi will visit his in Leuisari, soon after Congress ad journs. He will take the Lake reute, by tho way of Albany and Buffalo.—[4lb. The Rapture Adth Raft and SaxgontThe Up shot of the BuidneaV—The Way it was Dane, and the lteasins Why.' (Prom the New York fteraid.] 1 - Wassuutwron, May Hi. 1850. Thunder and bombshell!! what's the row. Thoitti• daunts are all agog. Whet, In the name of God. has broken loose? is Cuba invaded? Is there a negro In surrection anywhere? Halithere been another Aare up in'the Satiate? What means all this gathering at the National Hotel, and why are ell these mon hero, gathered into clusters end smoking cigars? The valedictory—the farewell address of &IBM and Sargent—the Independent MIMI and the little frisky Sargent—explains the riddle. Tlii!y had to go. They couldn't stand it, and they couldn't retract, so they had 'to back out. Hard, wasn't it? Well it was. Tell us all about it, Well, you see, flullitt is an independatit sort of a fel -1 low—an old friend of Old Zack, and entitled to take liber ties with him, which no othei man outside of the Cab inet could presume on. It was Banat that put General Taylor into the track for the Presidency --it tuns Ltullitt that fix d up the first Allison, and, probably, the seeped Allison letter—it was Sullitt's advice that guided Old Zack thro' :he campaign of '4B. .Good! 'Whitt came on to Washington with his consent, and some say at his es pecial request, to establish an especial organ here, as the confidante! oracle of Old Zack's administration. He did so. ' The Paper has gone on well enough, holding on to the unity of ad Zack and his Cabinet. But at last Deihlt fell into the grand mistake. Ho said that the Cabinet was odious to the Vhigs, and odious to the country, and that General Taylor niust be rid of it, or fall with it iuto irretrievable disgrace. That's what Ito said. Ho wanted to save Old Zack—flullitt did. He loved the old man—he had tallied with the leading Whigs of Can gress—he had discovered that the Cabinet plan of settling the slavery question, would not do; and, as the friend of General :I'4l(w, he undertook to speak for him, without consulting the Cabinet. That's what lie did. , What next? Oh, yo gods and into fishes! what next! Shade of the immortal Galphin, what next? 13y the blood of the martyred POUBSiII, and the condemned tobacco boxes ofltlonsieur Port, do tell us what next? Well, there was a rotes -aregular row. The Cabinet, from different directions, and all about the scone, posted over to the White House. And there was a Cabinet council. That was last Saturday night. What says tho old nur sery song? "Last Saturday night I eat up high; Ti C wind blow, The coclatil c row, The leaqadid quiver, And BMUS did shiver, To see thei din the fox did make," Clayton was the fox, and lint the goose, and they nabbed hint. Bullitt and Sargent—the indepont Bullitt, and the frisky little Sargent—were dining out, and us they were toasti»,g the lth of a fair lady, distinguished for her shiiiing qualities, a message from the President, 'go writing." Tile message was road, and . Bullitt and Sargent ilsappeared—that is, they took up their hats and left the house for the White House. That's all wo know about that affair. , The rest may be seen surmised. But rumor says the Cabinet'ununimously resolved'to resign, unless Bullitt and Sargent were superseded: and that Old Zack put his old friend on his good behavior, with out getting from him any confession, of wrong or any promise of amendment. , On Sunday, the matter was further discussed. Ruffin was advised to sell out, and on Monday, the prelimina ries were agreed upon; and last night, in Cabinet council the transfer was concluded. Matt and Sargent wore bought at a good round sum. Allen A. Hall, Mr. Mere dith'4 Assistant Secretory of tho Treasury, purchaser, and Messrs. Meredith and Clayton the furnishers of the money—that is of the first instalment, according to rumor. Of course, nil the facts tire out, we must doped on rumor but rurnar sornetim?s hits upon the facts. Toe Repub lic, has gOl3O into the bands OfrAllen A. Hall, who is taken oat of the TreasuiY to - grind out the music of the Treasury organ. What next? Nobody knows. What's tho object of all this? Nobody can divine it. It is supposed that the ot ject is to defeat sand put down Henry Clay, and that tho mortal Oirt3llCo of MIN was in coining out in the teeth of the Cabinet, to the support of Clay's compromise.— This very conjecture has played the very miseltiof among the Whigs of the two Houses. They aro all upside down, eels and catfish all in a basket together. We can guess at nothing till we hear the tune of the new organ grinder, i till we settle the Galphin claim, &c., ite., all of which wo expect to get sit in a low days. • , Wo may have the Galphitt reportto-traorrow. Meantime, let us watch amt pray, if the ca s e is not past praying for. Wo aro in a pickle, that's a fact; but like tho man In the well, _let ue hope for daylight, and a strong rope to pull us out. A Railroad bridge about eighteen miles from the city was accidentally loft open while the train was coming from Baltimore. The locomotive and tender were preci pitated into,a schooner. Thorn was but slight injury sus -I+lllloli. Owing to the accident, passengers and mails had to be sent by the boat which left here this morning for Now Yotk. Ngw Yong, May 20.-7 P. M A Washington letter to the Post states that Mr. Smith. the Ddlegato from I New Mexico, has published to his constituents that his / mission to liVashington had titled and giving his views at length as to the cane) of tho fail ure. A barque arrive hero This morning from ?dilating, Cuba. The Maatanzas of the 7th says it appears bylet ters-roceived by the Fulelion from N. 0. that DO men bad left that city on pretence of going to Chagres, but ail then aorta had only enlistod about 830 to 100) mon at mod who] wore rendezvousing at Chagres. It denounces it as a Canaille expedition, which the cuban soldiers and marines rould repel, and States that the gri at at tranquility prevailed throughout the Island. It rid:oules the ideal of the invaders being ablstto accom,dish any thing. Cagt. Bem'ngton of barque Flyrier,2arrived last night from Havana, which place ho loft the 21th inst. Ho to , - ports that the greatest alarm prevailed through all classes of the community respecting the reported insurrection and invaQlon. Cholera still prevails and about fifty deaths oce•Arred daily. The slaves bad been remoter] to tie in terior. Business was quite prostrate. The now Captain General end suite, with 800 soldiers, arrived from Spain on the 10th inst. The old Batteries were being overhaul ed and near ones meted. liVasittsbros. day 20. The Bepublie of this morning says that information has been received by the Government rendering it most probable that a military organization has been put oh foot in the United Statesloridable in numbers and eherac• ter, those' engaged intending to aid in ievolutionizing the Cuban Government. NEW Om:Earls, May 16. The Fraco American asserts positivoly, that 10.00,1 men were l to Lind in Cuba on th e 14th. and the inhabi tants by pie-censortod signal, would be made aware of their approach, and that such have been tbe ioetery and efficiency of the organization that a failure is cons d'lrcd impossibly. This report is credited. nosToN, May 16-6 i P. M. We have received private advices in this city, which, although no later than brought by the Steamer Isabel, possesses great interest, especially to those who may have friends engaged in an Wear to invade the island of üba. • A private letter from Havana, dated the Bth inst., s ales that the I Spauish authorities were : fully prepared, id waiting to give the invaders a hearty reception with p wder and ball. ,Spanish cruisers wore hovering about t o coast in all directions. The dechs by Cho!ers. at a 1) Havana, for the week ending May Bth, averaged 94 per day. 1 Nicer Yens, May 21. Mr. Ayres, stock exchange broker in Wall at., who disappeared some days since. had in his possession $20,- 000 in Erie Railroad bonds. and had also the proceeds of erroneous transfers; Various respectable w ens are losers, and 1 have heard his defalcation put down as high as $50.000. , Acres was said to be a deacon or elder of the Presbyterian Church, and from his respectable standing had the confidence dome of our wealthiest merchants, PIIILAVILLPIIIA, May 21 PuU•ADPLPIIIA, May 2•] grit Wetithl Olotruer. ERIE. PA SATURDAY MORNING, MAY f.).5, 1850. , The Compromise..•A Test Vote. The indications at Washington are brighter for the sue ease of the compromise. Every day, wd think, adds to its strength. On Wednesday, of last week, Mr. Doug lass,. moved to lay aside the compromise and take up the bill for the admission of Calirornia by itself, and desired to bo a test vote as to du, into of tlio Culiforaia bill.— ilia proposition was negatived by a v'oto of 24 to 28. This is a favorablo indication for tlio comproiniso bill.— At least it 'nay bo regarded as' an indication of a doter initiation tizi give the great ineastiro of the session a hear- ing and n vote, before entering upon the considorAtion of any other bill or any p•ut of that bill. As such, we regard it as an auspicious vote. But whatever may ho the tole of the bill in Congret4, the indications all are, that with the American masses, it is regarded will; favor, au the only available mode of settling the disturbed question Mathes so long agitated the Union, and obstructed the progress of legislation in the national legislature. The general wish and expectatmn, north and south, if it could have its legitimate sway in congress, would dispose of the bill—and that favorably, and speedily. The MIME'S are weary of this protracted struggle, and cannot see hiey it Es t ill:A their representatives ei4idd hesitate or cavil about a measure which, whiLit itie , quires no concession.' which emiatot honorably be accorded on either side would settle , at once and forever tins vexed question, give an organized government to the territories and add an other, end a Intniootts star to the.coufederacy. A:DeniaL John Galbraith, Elq., President of the Franklin Canal Contruiny. authorized to construct a • railroad to Luke Erie, publishes a card in the last Gazette, den)ing that it is in contemplation to construct a six root track west. He ears: "First, with regard to the six foot gauge, or track—. that of the New York and Erie Railroad and extended here, to the exclusions of the Bufralo and Central N. Y. Road by the arrangement whit the E l lie and North East Railroad Comp-my. There is no arrangement with the New York and Erie Railroad Company, nor with auy other interest whatever, with our Company for the exten sion of this track, nor can there ho. The track or gauge of the Cleveland, Painsvillo and Ashtabula Railroad Company is fixed be the law of Ohio at four feet tea inches, under which that company has been organized. With this' company, our company. not limited with regard to guage, has entered into an arrange ment to prosecute the wotk together to Cleveland, the particulars of which it is unnecessary to mention, further than that there is no agreement or stipulation between us predicated on any thing else than the Ohio gungo so fur as track is concerned, nor any arrangement inconsistent with the strictest purity and honor either personally or commercially, cr prejudicial to the best ikereals of our town and county—nor has say gentleman of Cleveland, or of Ohio connected with the road, manifested, to my knowledge. the slightest shade of that potty jealousy to wards our interests so prejudicial to the p 0,1 cu:ion of great enterprizes, for the general advancement and pros perity of the country." The Theatre, Mr. Puo•cli'e diamatic entertainments at the Reed Ilmise,havo been respectably attended for the past week, to witness tho performance of Mr. Goo. W. Jllllll6Oll, the admired Southern tragedian. la some of the heav ier tragedies he is certainly most excellent,•end in fact, has but few equals. Tho stuck company sustained their parts very well with the exception of one or two—they can rind ought to do better. Mrs. Powell. as usual, was correct in all her delineations, and was very much ad mired-, as she deserves to be. We regret that Mr. Pow ell's sickness prevented him from appearing. Ha is a great favorite with our Theatre-going people, and his appearance on the boards is always welcomed. Signor Alberti, the renouned Magician, made his debut on tVednesday evening to a full house, and wan golden opinions from all present. Ile is truly a wonderful little men, and performs his tricks and transformations . with so much skill that ho fairly rivets tho audience es if they were spell-bound. The feats of the Canary Birds are truly wonderful, as well as entirely new and novel; and as the Signor will remain with us one or two nights more we would advise all those who wish to pass a pleasant hour or two, to give him a call. The Alleghuians. This celebrated baud of Vocalists is, at last: about to visit'ourl •andgiveus a chance to listen to their world ci retio‘ved singing. Twice before they have promised us this gratification, but "circumstances" prevented'a ful fillment. There will be no mistake this tinte--010 wo nre assured by the Agent. They sing on Thursday evening next, at the Universalist Church, un Ninth Street. The following is the "voice of the Press." in regard to them: "Perhaps we might safely say, as did tho whole press of a neighboring city, ''Thep nro the fittest artists that ever rung in our city,. and gave the richest entertainments.' " --Louisville Journal. "Every thing is good, and 'leans - to virtue's. side.' they are- unsurpassed."—Deptise, Register. "These vocalists possess tine natural powers, well cul tivated; their voices blend beautifully, and their singing must ho listened to with pleasure by every auditor."— New York Tribune. They are true American aingore, of the right stamp. and they will ha appreciated as long as American hearts are enraptured by the ourgushings of inimitable berme ny."—Ncto Orleans Della. 41 " Not Worth a Dollar." California is "not worth a dollar" said the Whigs when the Administration of Mr. Polk sought to obtain it. But now see how even the stones rise up and pronounce it false. Mr. Patterson, director of the mint at Philadel phia, hos complete'd a careful analysis of quartz rock, con sidered to bei;a fair specimen, for Col. Fremont, which proves that this rock contains $1,750 of gold to the hun dred weight. A specimen in which gold could be de tected by the inked eye yielded but 12.3 c to the pound, but another one, in which no outward sign of metal ap peared, yielded $3 40 to the pound. Col. Benton esti mates that a commou ship's cargo of the rock, that may be obtained in quantities altogether incalculable, would be worth $8,000,000 and he says that researches that con be 'confided in, developo the fact that California contains all the quicksilver that will be required in all the processes however exteusive. Clody's Lady Book. Gody'ii magizine for June, hos been received. Each suerding number seams to be an improvement on the preceding one.. The July number, which commences a 'new volume, is designed to be a chef d'ccurre. It will contain, among others, the followiiig plates: "Bishot White, the first chaplain to Congress. administering tho Sacrament:" original. "The warning of the Green Spring:" on incident of the Revolutionary war, original, and "The Flower Girl of Paris," an engraving in colors.. Terms, $3. 00 per annum. We mill furnish the Lady's Book, and the "Observer." for one year for $3 50. Now is the time to imbscribe.. A Chance for Investments. About five hundred slaves were advertised at a sheriffs' AA) of property at N. Orleans last month—men, women, and children, ranging from two years to mature age.— They were to be sold with the plantations on Mali they narked. They were wort=i, probably, about a quarter of a million of dol'ers. Thia shows an embarrassed stale of things in Louisiana. It bliowa, also, that the abolitionists can invest any amount ot - their surplus funds that they pfe'utie in emancipating the slaves of the south, and bring ing them Into the free Ehates.l There is no lack of op pertunity', if they have the inclination and the moans.— Who doubts that this is an "ostensive coutry." ICP D. It. Tilden, Esq., who was was recently nominated I for Governor by the fro° soiling. in Ohio, has written a letter to the Editor of the Akron Democratic Standard, declining to be a candidate for that, office. 07An exchange says it is dreadful to kiss a rosy checked girl. and fled your mouth filled with "Venitian red," and she growing pale on it. We saw a greenhorn do so once; she fainted,i, and he miszled. • The Doomed Cabinet, Notwithstanding the turniiitout 'Atha Editors of the ors grin at Washington. by the President, for the purpose of showing the country a fact which did not, and does not ex : ist,—thounify of the Cabind.—it is now more evident than aver that the President's constitutional adviiilirs will Soon have to yield to the pressure from without. and resigo.— Nothi ag can 'pave them! They have wielded the power and patronage conferrod'upon,them by the President (or their own pecuniary benefit to such au alarming extent.--iavo "Gaiphinized" their pockets so effectually and so tins blushingly—have pursued such a shameless course of nepotism, and bilinglecl tho public business so tiumercl. fully—that the Whigs, in and out of Congress, have be come disgusted and a.sharned! They can uo longer de fend them! Like the Editors of the •Republic," they, too, would bo willing to turn over their misdeeds 'to the defence 'of successors: But they cannot. and hence they, will sooner or later wash 'their hands of the whole don cern, or demand of the President their unconditional dismissal. Wo have ,been led to those remarks ht the tone and temper of tho Washington correspondence of various whig papers. They disclose a stato,of anarchy and con fusion in the whig ranks—of crimination and recrimina tion between the Cabinet and the whigs or Congress— unparalleled oven by the brook up of "T} ter too," in 1812 For instance, a correspondent of the New York Express, writing from Washington under duto of May 12th, boldly asserts that "the whole southern Whig party is lost to the cabinet;" and that "not a solitary whig, from the Susque hanna to the Rio Grande, in these fifteen States of the Union, approres the existing state of things in and• about the White Mouse." Again ho eats: "The •Republic' must be looked upon now as - only the organ of tie whig party here. not the organ of the cabinet. It speaifsfor the whigs of Congress in the main, and in the main, is their organ. Rot such an unnatural state of things cannot long con tinue. Its editors must either retire, or go into a sort of opposition. If tho cabinet can carry on the government, on their own hook, without, and despite of the whigs in Congress, it will only do what John Tylor'S administra tion did for two or three years, and so again demonstrate the strength of the constitution." This was written, it will be perceived, before the change in the management of tho "Republic," and discloses the true cause of that change. Tho "Republic" would not become the tool of the cabinet in opposition M the leftist party in Congress, and hence its Editors, who had gloted over the proscrip tion of Democrats for opinion sake by the Cabinet, them-, selves were brought to the block. But is it to ho recon ciled with human nature to suppose that the tildes in Congress will not resent this ostracizing of men becan.o they prefercd to stand by their natty, instead of the calo net, its creatures? The party must be composed of the verist cravens in christendom if it do not resent stich an outrage! But this is, not the only unsettled account be. tweet' the party and the Cabinet. Tho same writer quo. tad above, says: "The organ of the cabinet is the Wash ington letters in the Philadelphia !Vera American and the New York Courier. Mr. Clayton and" Mr. Meredith speak through that writer. About the time that a litter if his, charging members of Congress with bring under the influence of Tarns bonds, subject to their bribery, must h re been written here, it has been ascertained that for a full him,- he letsc losing! with Mr. Meredith." What does this mean but that Messrs. Clayton and Meredith insti gated the correspondent of the Philidelphia North Amer ican and the Now York Courier and Enquirer, to charge upon the whig members that they hod been briber! with Texas bonds! If this he true, what a state of things does it exhibit, connected with the cabinet and the whig members of Congress? When before, in the whole history of this government, have members of the calnnel been accused of instigating a charge of bribery against members of Congress belonging to their own part 3, and insinuating that fact as a reason why the cabinet is - no, supported by such members? Never before, in all our political experience, have wo witnessed the like. Never before have we seen members of the same political parts accusing each other of such disreputable acts and crimes. We regard it as disgraceful to American polities, and we lament that such things have occurred; that the whig party has lidome not only disorganized, but so thotough ly demoralized, as the statements of this writer indicate. Did we not say truly that tho cabinet was doomed? Very Natural and not Unlooked For. ,At the close of the last volume of this paper, which was the 20th, we announced that the "Obserrar" was of age—figuratively speaking, had served its time out, and now claimed to bo its own master. Otto would naturally have supposed that, as it was a matter that Concerned ourself alone, it would not become the subject of remark by others. Not so, however; it apperrs there are gran nies and wet-nurses in the newspaper world, as well as the domestic world, and forthwith all 'these old tadies of the press, after adjusting their specMcles and taking a pinch ofsnuff, set themselves to figuring out our age. Tho most notable of these matrons is the Fredonia Cen iiw This sage old lady denies that we aro 20 years old. all we have to say is that if we aro not 21 or even 20,,we are old enough to manage oar men affairs, and mind our own business, without any of their help Su mote it be. What a Barbei-ous Idea. The Albany 'Knickerbocker understands that a barber shop is shortly to be opened in that city in which several beautiful young ladies are.to handle the shears and razor. The delicate fingers of a lady fast hold of ones ”smeller," while with the other hand she flourishes the glittering blade of a razor! Ought what a barberous idea! i ' Making the most of it The Mexicans aro endeavoring to !put a little money in their purse" by means of our invasion. The New York Biz , y Book notices a novelarticle of commerco: It says the "hark Eugenia, which arrived at this prot this week from Vera Cruz, brings, as a portion of her cargo, six tone of thd fragments of homshells thrown by the American artily during the bombardment of that place," ID" The State Treasurer has given directions to the Collectors of Tolls on our public works not to take the bills of tho Erie Baltic. Of course the amount already in circulation through the Treasury Department, will i find 'why home in short metre. ''Lake Intelligence." Under the dune head the Butrale emirier of the 15th gives the following highly interesting "As an item of •marine intelligence,' a little out of the ordinary way, but nevertheless not altogether uniuicres• ling, we may state Oaten the last passage of the Sulta• na. Capt. Applohy. up the lakes, a lady was safely deliv ered of a fine girl, which - in honor of the Steamboat on which the alptair took place, was named Sultana. It isn't every hbdv that can secure a 'birth', in one of the Reed's Line of steamers, though a preference is always shown to the ladies." Major Brown's IcioteL A correspondota. whose favor we has:o mislaid., or else we would have given it an insertion; speaks in the high est terms of the "Major" and his Hotel. He says it is the best regulated ostablishineet he has seen between the "Day State" and the Rocky Mountains. We. in com mon with all who havivisited the House, can bear los 'fimony to tho truth of ur correspondent's eulogium. The Great Question. The .grent question of the day is, whether the Presi dent., Zachary Taylor, dismissed the Editors of his organ. "The Messrs. Bullitt Sargeaut, or the same Editors discharged Ition—i. o. refused Longer to perform the thankless office of.dofonders and nppologists to the man that I piad "no onetaes to punish or friends to reward." but plenty or the latter n ho could and did help themsdres: Vide, the Galphin The Benighted Heathen. A lad • subscriber of ours, who. dates her letter from Willowriver. Wisconsin.' says; "I should have sent my aubscrip ion before. but could get no bills. I-have not seen a bill lass than ten dollars (except the one enclosed.) since I came here." What a benighted. heathenish set they must bo away out in Wisconsin, to be confined to the "mint drops," without the convenience of civilized paper-rags: Canada. Ohio. and New - York, ought to combine and gond oat a missionary or twos The Apportionment El ll, Tho following is the Apportionthent Bill ape? t . by the committee of conference between the two end qfterivardei passed aid signed by the GOTetlll, in not what the Democracy ought to have had, t or , probably is good as they could get with traitor* :a ^own ranks, and an anti-rdo Governor ready to the will of the_people" with his "Kingly prerogli t ,: The ratio adopted for Senators hi 14,712. ataatatts. T AR ,,, , Philadelphia City, 2 Philadelphia Comfit. • 3 ,z.!,;•, Mbotgomery, i . 1 bt..-4, Chester and Delaware, 11:, 1 . . 2 , ' .i 4, Becks, Bucks, • 1 .I ..:, Lancaster and LebanOn. 0 2 Dauphin and Northumberland, 1 194 ~ Northampton and Lehigh. 1 15,:.„ Carbon. Monroe, Wayne and ['Ake, I • i : ), Adams and Franklin, '1 .14,, York. . • 1 13,,:. Cumberland and Perry. - 1 F 2., Lycoming, Sullivan, Centre and Clinton, 1 13.. Moir, 'Cambria and Huntingdon, 1 ' 13,, Luzarise, Columbia and Montour. I " 1",, Bradford. Su s quehanna and Morning, / /,'•: Tioga. Potter. McKean, Elk. Clear field and Jefferson. 1 11',:. Me r cer. Venango and \Vaud°. 1 14 , Erie and Cranford, 1 'IF,,, Buller, Bearer and Lawrence, 1 ' II,,„ Allegheny, . 9 . 9'4.! ',,,• Washington and Greene, 1. It: Bedford and .S'ornerset, 1' II:. A .l-t e n n i:ta t , .01.111.07,1141 d andin t a , n n d ion C . lnrion, 1 16, - • It : ; Westmoreland and Fayette: 1 Sciinvt.sii.t., 1 1:1,. * Nlibig districts in Italicn—Deincernic I.),:trol i _ .. Roman. REPRI.SEPITATIVES..-RA.TIO 1 5 Adam', Allegheny Bedford and Cambria, clerks, Bucks. Beaver, Butler and Lawrence, Blair and Huntingdon, , Bradford, Cheater, Cumberland, Centre, Clearfield, Elk and M ierin, Clarion. Armstrong and Columbia and Montour; Dauphin. Delaware, Erie. Washington, Greene, Franklin, Indiana, 1 colm tig, Clinton and Potter. ~tuva-ter, Lebanon, L high and Carbon, Luzerne, 111oliroa nod Piko, - I : Mercer, Vetting° and. Warren, 3 11 Crawford, Mifflin. " 'NlontgoinerY. .Nol Mammon. ---- Northumberland. . 1 4 Perry. 1 Philadelphia City, 4 Philadelphia County, . 11 •S‘inierset, 1 Seim) Lk Susquehanna, Sulhrau aid Wyoming, 2 Tio2a„ Wm rm.. West:nom-land nod Fayette, Union and Juniata, York, •"3alphiana:' Gen. Taylor's. Secretaries have i.lrealy paid cd public funds (most of it into their oa n poeketa.) n,at'y HALF A MILLION OF DOLLARS! to lientdttee.: claims which had been rejee(ed over and over 1%7411 former administr Mons. Subjoined in a cf 1b.ca.1% we ask the people how they are please,' with th- Wa; financiers at Wdohingtoit? No wonder that Mr. '.11 , :;,• dith. in his Report, talked about n large deficit to Treasury to meet the expenses of government: I. The Gallatin claim. _ $193.000 2. The Chicktisaw claim. 1h5.ti04 3. Tito Indiana Erring ..: Intih n do., 77.603 4. The Commodore Barron 30.ta' 1 i 5 The De La Franca' (Um, G0,V,C15 N'Ve are not surprised that Messrs. & Sr:a2t.: refused to support an administration that has not a's.a; s good feature to recommend it to the people. Amount, tT Among the thousand and one contrivances to malts money bt• supplying some of service to the communi , ), s that of Insuring the payment of debts. A control)p fir this purpese has linen organized, under a charier fraz, the Stato of Indiana —capital ,F 150,000. It is st)lid di* "Larayetto Insuranco Company of Indiana." If OA company will ins•jro tho prompt payment a an the bal debts newspaper Editors have it a ill be an inslitutnin worth having. The Constitution of Kentucky. The Louisville Courier saysthe new constttutionaub tnitted to the people for their approval by a reform coo- Vention held last year,- has carried by a tremendous ma jority; indeed, we do not believe that a single county in the State has voted against it. Fayette county. in wh:olt the contest was probably.the closest, gave the new con• stitution a mojority of two votes. Poor Things. 'An exchange_ says: liornivo rite ItEras.—The ladies in Washington ei:y drive themselves about in buggies. not the only instants in which they display their fondness for holding the reins Poor things, to be forced to - "dr;ve themselves about. in buggies." when n borso would be so much more ap propriate! Contradicted. Tim Washington Union contradicts the report—got nil in connection with the 'editorial change in the &public. and tlie rumored establishmeut of a new southern orgsa at the seat of goveramenl—that of Mr. Burke had made or completed arrangements for discontinuing his connec tion with the Union on the 20th inst. Good news for Old Soldiers. A bill has been reported-in -Congress. and made the the special order for the. third Tuesday in June next providing for soldiers of the last war with Great Britain. the Inc:ian wars of 1811, the Florida T ar of 1835, and the war known as Gtlneral Wayne's in 1792—'95. These who served six Months, and have - never recived any thing from the government in the way of bounty. will be entitled to eighty acres, to be located on any Of the publiC lands; those who served twelve months and over will be entitled to 110 acres. ' Report of the O alphin Committee: Tho Committee aPpointed to investigate the payment of the interest on the Galphin claim, have made their 4- port, and the conclusions they have arrived at are embo died in the following reeolutions, submitted by them at the end of (he report: Ist. Respired, That the claim of the representatives of Grorgo Galphin was not a just demand against the United States. 2d. Resolved, That the last of Congrelkmade it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the princi pal of the said claim; and it was therefore paid in con formity a ith law and precedent. 3d. iiesolced That the act aforesaid did not authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the interest onjoi.l claim, and its payment was not in copfortnity tritiV last and precedent. And this is what the Gazata calls an "honest admin. istration!" Speaker of the Senate. On the 13th instant. before the adjournment of the Legislatnre, Mr. Spcake.ll Seat. whose term expires this fall, withdrew from the Chair, and ..resigned.. hispost as Speaker. The Senate- -then pruoeede_d• to the election of a Speaker; antdon, the sixth ballot. Maxwell Wens • tin. (Democrat from Greene county,) was elected. hav ing received the entire Democratic iota. .A moat excel lent and popular selection. O The Albnny Knickerboarer. of Monday, says that Edwin Croswell. Eecp, Is about to retire hero the Argus. and that. he is to be sueceedet by a diatinguiehed Dem ocrat. 11 II II 5 ..), 2 El
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